Printable surgical tech flashcards
Surgical instrument flashcards with real photographs. Print the 54 basics free, or study any setup's instruments as a deck of their own: on screen, in the app or on paper.
Print the 54 basics, free.
The 54 basic surgical instruments every tech is expected to know first, one card each, with the instrument's own photograph on the front and its name and use on the back. Print it, cut it up, and take it into clinical.
Every setup is a flashcard deck.
Commercial instrument card sets are the same for everybody, so half of them are instruments you won't touch this year and the ones you need are missing. Here the deck is the case you're about to scrub. With Pro, every setup's instruments are a deck of their own, from its real back table, with their real photographs.
Pick a case
Any of the 250+ setups, or one you wrote for your own surgeon. Its instruments become the deck.
Drill it
Grade yourself card by card. The ones you miss come back sooner, until they stop coming back.
Test it
The same tray as a practice test and a timed exam, so you find out whether you really know it.
Or print it
Any deck as a print-ready PDF, to cut up and quiz yourself on the drive in.
Your flashcards, on your phone.
Paper stays in your locker. The apps have every deck with you between cases, with the same account and the same Pro as the site.
CSTSetup
Everything on the site, in your pocket. One account and one Pro with the site.
250+ case setups
Instruments, positioning and steps for each case.
Every setup is a deck
Flashcards of exactly what's on the tray.
14 question types
Trays, positioning, photographs and more.
Exam prep
Practice tests and timed exams for the CST, TS-C, CRCST, CSPDT and CSFA, today's five free.
A plan for every day
A daily lesson counting down to your exam.
Build your own setups
No account needed to start; it syncs when you sign in.
Find any setup fast
Setups and instruments in one search.
Log every case
Your clinical case log, ready for review, even with no signal.
Clock in from the OR
Your clinical hours, counted.
Instruments
Just the instruments, offline, with no signal needed. One account and one Pro with the site.
Five free questions every day
And an instrument of the day to guess.
9 question types
Photo, name, use, safety and more.
Study your way
By class or by specialty.
More than a name Pro
How to check it, clean it and pass it, and where it's kept.
Beat the look-alikes Pro
Side by side until they stick.
Track every instrument Pro
Solid, learning, slipping or not met yet.
Timed exams Pro
Up to 25 questions against the clock.
Turn it in 3D Pro
At every size it comes in.
What's free, and what Pro adds.
The printable 54 basics, every General setup and the whole instrument library are free, and always will be. Studying decks on screen and in the app, and printing every other deck, is Pro.
Freewith an account
- Browse all 2,882 instrument cards: names, photos and what each one is for
- Every General setup in full, photos and walkthrough included
- 5 practice questions a day for your exam
- Build and share your own setups
Everything in free, plusthe part you study with
- All 259 setups across every specialty, with the real photos from the room and the full walkthrough
- The parts of an instrument card that come from years at the table: cautions, inspection, how to pass it, and every operation it is laid out for
- Flashcards on any tray, scheduled so each instrument returns right before you would forget it
- Exam prep for the CST, TS-C, CRCST, CSPDT and CSFA: endless practice and full timed exams, written to each exam's outline
- Practice tests built from the live catalogue, with the reason you got it wrong
- Timed exams that tell you whether you really know a tray, and rank you against everyone else studying it
- A daily lesson that grows as your exam date gets closer
Every deck, in your pocket.
The CSTSetup app is free to download, with the free setups and the same account as the site. Pro opens every deck.